Question

The following code loads the page-handler.php into #page when the function load is fired and while waiting shows ajax_load. How can I make the ajax_load loding-message show in another div and of course disappear when the loding is finished?

function load(value) {
    $('#page').html(ajax_load);
    $("#page").load("page-handler.php", {page:value});
    return false;
}

Answer 1

function load(value) {
    $('somediv').html(ajax_load);
    $("#page").load("page-handler.php", {page:value}, function() {
      $('somediv').empty(); // or set new contents, or hide, or whatever
    });
    return false;
}

This will put the contents into whatever has the id ‘somediv’. You can use a class ('.class') or several other selectors to choose your div.